CAIRO: Clashes between two heavily armed militia groups in Libya’s capital terrorized residents and killed about a dozen people, the latest bout of violence in the largely lawless North African nation, officials said Saturday.
The hours-long clashes, which involved heavy weapons, happened Friday in Tripoli’s eastern neighborhood of Tajoura between the Rahba Al-Duruae militia, which is led by warlord Bashir Khalfallah — known as Al-Baqrah — and another militia Al-Shahida Sabriya, the officials added.